Jeff Vandermeer Quotes

In a sense, fictional dystopias have been a way of distracting us from the truth of our condition by placing it 'over there.'

Jeff Vandermeer

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TruthWayOverUsSenseBeen

I train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty.

Joe Manganiello

TryingLookTrainActorPrettyJust

Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else's aesthetics. I think you're born an artist or not. I couldn't have learned it. And I hope I never do because knowing more only encourages your limitations.

Robert Rauschenberg

HopeThinkYouArtistBornKnowing

The beauty of compounding iterative algorithms - evolution, fractals, organic growth, art - derives from their irreducibility.

Steve Jurvetson

BeautyGrowthArtEvolutionOrganic

My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.

Tom Waits

ImaginationManBlindRealityLike

In 'The Secret Agent,' it's basically a character that was admired by Theodore Kaczynski, which is some fan mail you don't really want to open. This is a man who is a chemist and who specializes in making bombs and despises humanity.

Robin Williams

CharacterManHumanityYouWantFan

We cannot continue to close our eyes to the fact that we have to truly embrace green jobs, new technologies and alternative sources of energy.

Luis Fortuno

EyesGreenEnergyNewEmbraceFact

Well, I'll tell you something, this wedding is something that I will always, always cherish. It was a show of love and support and kindness like I'd never seen from the people, and that's who I entertain. I entertain the people.

Liza Minnelli

LoveKindnessSupportPeopleWedding

Fozzie Bear has so many bear puns in this script - like, 'Trac is grizzly!' 'This is unbearable!' It's the greatest.

Jason Segel

BearGreatestLikePunsManyScript

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? Like 'Republican party' or 'airplane food.'

Johnny Depp

FoodAirplanePartySeriousKind

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act.

David Suzuki

WeatherWillMoreEventsLineFail

I think the problems with being older come when your body cannot do what your mind wants. Then, Houston, we have a problem.

Antonio Banderas

MindProblemsThinkProblemBody

I've always loved hot rods and going to drag races.

William Fichtner

LovedHotAlwaysDragGoingRaces

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